America Through The Spectacles Of An Oriental Diplomat (Anthem Travel Classics

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An intriguing account of early twentieth century America through the eyes of an outsider, inverting the "Westerner observing the exotic" stereotype. Wu Tingfang wrote this book at an interesting juncture in history -- airplanes and motion pictures had recently been invented, (and his expectations for both these inventions have proven correct, and while he did not know it, a tremendous cultural shift was about to take place in the West due to the First World War.